GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |